§ Mr. SimmondsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been made to each police authority in England and Wales since 1995 under the Rural Sparsity Grant. [138232]
§ Ms BlearsThe Rural Policing Fund was introduced in 2000–01. Allocations to the end of this financial year are set out in the table.
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Rural Policing Fund—allocations 2000–01 to 2003–04 £ Police authority 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Avon and Somerset 494,892 992,875 993,718 978,223 Bedfordshire 81,390 163,540 163,555 164,272 Cambridgeshire 561,585 1,125,169 1,126,395 1,098,821 Cheshire 115,058 228,487 227,493 228,073 Cumbria 690,613 1,370,910 1,360,324 1,355,658 Derbyshire 208,347 416,190 415,196 407,488 Devon and Cornwall 1,554,673 3,114,489 3,128,806 3,122,895 Dorset 221,858 442,209 443,158 441,478 Durham 124,270 246,803 245,259 239,908 Dyfed Powys 1,297,570 2,588,337 2,583,979 2,612899 Essex 251,315 503,710 504,105 501,773 Gloucestershire 387,093 776,548 775,749 778,455 Gwent 102,985 204,476 203,489 202,360 Hampshire 110,175 220,430 219,680 219,421 Humberside 357,640 710,250 705,395 698,109 Kent 298,863 599,342 599,700 595,161 Lancashire 32,228 64,054 63,835 63,419 Leicestershire 216,758 433,988 433,164 428,056 Lincolnshire 985,951 1,978,690 1,984,449 2,032,554 Norfolk 1,036,848 2,078,830 2,085,509 2,076,414 Northamptonshire 350,892 704,141 705,137 712,539 North Wales 770,617 1,533,723 1,530,130 1,542,644 North Yorkshire 1,005,224 2,013,806 2,018,359 2,018,029 Staffordshire 138,358 275,072 273,147 270,884 Suffolk 711,533 1,422,627 1,424,923 1,407,313
Rural Policing Fund—allocations 2000–01 to 2003–04 £ Police authority 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Surrey 5,463 11,048 11,006 10,825 Sussex 273,834 550,563 549,849 541,847 Thames Valley 629,559 1,262,860 1,261,933 1,245,238 Warwickshire 282,108 562,546 561,338 558,987 West Mercia 1,157,670 2,311,653 2,309,690 2,341,925 Wiltshire 544,900 1,092,634 1,091,530 1,095,332 Totals 15,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000
Mar1995 Mar1996 Mar1997 Mar1998 Mar1999 Mar2000 Mar2001 Mar2002 Mar20032 Avon and Somerset 3,000 2,981 2,989 2,976 2,999 2,934 2,994 3,096 3,149 Bedfordshire 1,126 1,128 1,094 1,079 1,041 1,028 1,036 1,069 1,106 Cambridgeshire 1,261 1,238 1,302 1,291 1,274 1,237 1,296 1,362 1,384 Cheshire 1,932 1,998 2,046 2,042 2,071 2,011 2,002 2,059 2,119 Cleveland 1,438 1,420 1,459 1,483 1,416 1,404 1,407 1,461 1,582 Cumbria 1,167 1,115 1,144 1,164 1,126 1,084 1,048 1,100 1,140 Derbyshire 1,797 1,763 1,791 1,772 1,759 1,777 1,823 1,848 2,003 Devon and Cornwall 2,877 2,899 2,865 2,962 2,887 2,841 2,934 3,053 3,202 Dorset 1,288 1,263 1,284 1,310 1,279 1,306 1,354 1,381 1,416 Durham 1,353 1,401 1,461 1,515 1,568 1,558 1,595 1,614 1,651 Essex 2,921 2,884 2,961 2,928 2,891 2,806 2,897 2,946 2,989 Gloucestershire 1,163 1,133 1,133 1,104 1,104 1,114 1,173 1,183 1,227 Greater Manchester 7,037 6,938 6,922 6,949 6,810 6,795 6,909 7,217 7,343 Hampshire 3,256 3,347 3,452 3,490 3,473 3,419 3,438 3,480 3,668 Hertfordshire 1,703 1,712 1,759 1,740 1,724 1,767 1,922 1,825 1,957 Humberside 2,029 2,041 2,045 2,021 1,974 1,932 1,917 2,058 2,105 Kent .3,117 3,120 3,260 3,251 3,201 3,204 3,319 3,355 3,487 Lancashire 3,212 3,171 3,247 3,257 3,245 3,179 3,255 3,304 3,339 Leicestershire 1,839 1,908 1,949 1,983 1,993 1,993 2,032 2,100 2,114 Lincolnshire 1,199 1,145 1,196 1,191 1,140 1,115 1,202 1,198 1,221 City of London 885 869 859 825 778 732 703 764 808 Merseyside 4,659 4,411 4,230 4,216 4,211 4,085 4,081 4,125 4,099 Metropolitan police 27,480 27,343 26,677 26,094 26,073 25,485 24,878 26,223 27,984 Norfolk 1,395 1,401 1,432 1,430 1,381 1,381 1,420 1,468 1,499 Northamptonshire 1,156 1,153 1,177 1,169 1,137 1,117 1,157 1,214 1,210 Northumbria 3,606 3,668 3,677 3,769 3,840 3,788 3,857 3,929 3,943 North Yorkshire 1,300 1,324 1,338 1,367 1,337 1,283 1,305 1,417 1,444 Nottinghamshire 2,319 2,318 2,323 2,323 2,225 2,204 2,275 2,330 2,411 South Yorkshire 3,040 3,073 3,159 3,182 3,168 3,163 3,197 3,199 3,183 Staffordshire 2,231 2,209 2,211 2,292 2,238 2,170 2,129 2,133 2,202 Suffolk 1,191 1,138 1,180 1,186 1,190 1,145 1,133 1,203 1,253 Surrey 1,676 1,644 1,620 1,608 1,662 1,785 2,066 1,992 1,906 Sussex 2,931 3,074 3,085 2,996 2,847 2,822 2,855 2,893 2,989 Thames Valley 3,854 3,674 3,695 3,776 3,748 3,740 3,703 3,762 3,833 Warwickshire 1,013 979 926 924 908 900 926 969 997 West Mercia 2,046 2,017 2,040 2,010 2,025 1,887 1,951 2,018 2,256 West Midlands 7,019 7,145 7,113 7,156 7,321 7,194 7,423 7,681 7,751 West Yorkshire 5,050 5,142 5,209 5,155 4,982 4,822 4,815 4,889 5,029 Wiltshire 1,261 1,218 1,154 1,156 1,151 1,118 1,120 1,157 1,158 Dyfed-Powys 976 991 1,005 1,002 1,026 1,040 1,055 1,132 1,149 Gwent 997 1,044 1,243 1,233 1,247 1,264 1,274 1,333 1,341 North Wales 1,366 1,378 1,369 1,396 1,391 1,403 1,444 1,506 1,539 South Wales 3,014 3,027 2,976 2,986 2,981 2,926 3,154 3,222 3,239 Total 125,180 124,844 125,051 124,756 123,841 121,956 123,476 127,267 131,426 1 Full-time equivalents. 2 Comparable strength. Civilian staff strength1 704W
Civilian staff strength Mar 1996 Mar 1997 Mar 1998 Mar 1999 Mar 2000 Mar 2001 Mar 2002 Mar 2003 Avon and Somerset 1,213 1,438 1,393 1,424 1,436 1,452 1,611 1,785 Bedfordshire 472 484 523 483 490 491 524 595 Cambridgeshire 530 607 574 586 503 614 733 786 Cheshire 690 735 781 785 823 833 884 1,008 Cleveland 553 609 586 552 595 586 626 694 Cumbria 408 451 451 442 469 588 631 676 Derbyshire 656 723 787 818 826 875 953 1,061 Devon and Cornwall 1,121 1,159 1,186 1,215 1,343 1,453 1,639 1,834